2011 Ras Ajdir clashes

2011 Ras Ajdir clashes
Part of Libyan Civil War
Date13–26 August 2011
Location
Ras Ajdir, Libya
Result

Anti-Gaddafi Victory

  • Loyalists repel multiple rebel assaults on the crossing until rebel forces finally capture it on 26 August
Belligerents

Libya Anti-Gaddafi forces

Libya Gaddafi Loyalists

The 2011 Ras Ajdir clashes were a series of skirmishes between rebel anti-Gaddafi forces and loyalist pro-Gaddafi forces for an important Libya–Tunisia border post in Libya's extreme northwest.[1][2]

The post had been a key loyalist supply line to the capital, Tripoli,[3] but ceased to be so after the rebels recaptured the town of Zawiya and the highway running through it.

  1. ^ "Rebels tighten noose around West Libya, spokesperson says". NOW Lebanon. 21 August 2011. Archived from the original on 23 August 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
  2. ^ "Gaddafi Troops Assault Libyan Rebels at Tripoli Airport, Tunisian Border". Novinite. Sofia News Agency. 26 August 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
  3. ^ Laub, Karin (16 August 2011). "Rebels move to isolate Gadhafi". Times Union. Retrieved 23 August 2011.